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Got a nice harvest at old farm

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Goes4ever

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hunted an old farm tuesday night, it was so hot and humid I only got 75% of front yard done. I will try to go back this weekend to finish it up. Didn't do too bad, was hard to go more than a few feet without getting a coin signal, I think I dug about 24 clad coins as well. I actually started skipping penny signals cuz I was getting so tired of digging wheats....lol, ended up with 20 wheats, got 3 silvers, 1935 quarter, 1944 merc, and 1942 war nickel...., got the 1875 coin not sure what it is any ideas..........oh and one play coin

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Done good and best I can tell is the 1875 Coin looks like it has a seated liberty on it, but must not be silver but a Large Cent or 2 Cents??? May God Bless! Amen! :angel: Ma Betty
 
Not sure about that coin, but maybe an English coin.
 
Nice finds Terry. I was going to say it looked like some of the large English Coppers I have, but then I seen your post. Your know I think you could find a load of coins with your detector in an empty bathtub.:detecting:
 
Looks like the 1875 "bun" type of the one penny. I recognized the reverse as British... I have one (but it's from the 40's)
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Some info:

Bronze Pence

Victoria

As with the lower denominations, a switch was made to bronze in 1860, with the introduction of what has always been known as the Bun Penny. The diameter was reduced from 34 mm to 30.81 mm, and the thickness significantly reduced. The new coin was half the weight of the old at 9.4g, and was officially coined at 48 pence to the pound. These dimensions remained the same until 1970.

The composition of the new coin was based on that adopted by France in 1852, and consisted of 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc. Inevitably, a number of patterns were produced before the final design was accepted.

For all issues from 1860 to 1970, the basic reverse design remained similar, with Britannia seated facing right, holding a shield and trident, the words ONE PENNY and the date in the exergue below.

There are two varieties of the 1860 penny with toothed or beaded borders, and scares mules (e.g. obverse toothed, reverse beaded) of both types are known. It seems that dies with the beaded border developed flaws more rapidly.

The design of Queen Victoria's head gradually changes as the years pass, reflecting her ageing, often in a subtle manner.

The Bun penny was minted every year from 1860 to 1894. As for the lower denominations, the Heaton Mint was used from 1874 to 1876, and from 1881 to 1882.

Scarce years are 1869, 1870 and 1871.

The 1875 penny comes with two settings for the date, one narrower than the other. The narrow variety is only slightly scarcer than the wide.

The 1882 penny without mintmark is particularly rare (and not in Peck), but watch for worn coins where the mintmark has been worn away. A variety with the bar missing from the H is known. The following is a description of how to tell a genuine 1882 no H from an 1882H penny, as kindly related by the Penny specialist Bernie:

The identifiable features of the genuine non "H" 1882 penny are a flat shield on the reverse, NOT convex. Victoria has an apparent hooked nose caused by a weak die strike in the area of the eyeball. The "R" and the "I" in "BRITT" should not be joined; a very small space should be visible with a magnifier. There is a tuft of hair protruding from the back of the neck, left of the ribbon knot. This tuft of hair is always visible on very worn specimens. The "H" variety can be clarified by examining the space encapsulated by the inner ribbon, as if the uppermost section forms a point in this tirangualted section then it is the common variety. The rare non "H" does not terminate in a point because of the tuft of hair mentioned above.

I should add that there are two types of obverse and reverse for 1882H pennies, and that the 1882 No H penny has the less common types - having these characteristics does not ensure that it is a No H, but having the characteristics of the other types confirms that there was an H even if worn away.

The Veiled Head issues from 1895 to 1901 are fairly common, with two main varieties: 1mm or 2mm spacing of the trident from the P of PENNY in 1895, and a scarce "high tide" version of 1897. The two 1895 designs differ in other respects also, including tide height.
 
Thanks, Joe, that is a post of good info on the British pennies of various dates, soooo now I need to find one MD'ing or in change! :lol: Which neither is likely to happen, but a person can always wish and dream....can't they? :shrug: :) May God Bless! Amen! :angel: Ma Betty
 
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